You have to remember that as pixar got bigger, more people had a say in the story. The original pitch might have been absolutely groundbreaking, but for what e

You have to remember that as pixar got bigger, more people had a say in the story. The original pitch might have been absolutely groundbreaking, but for what ever reason one of the producers didn't like a character, and pushed for it to change. All movies are a collaboration. there is no such thing a single "author" on a movie, its always team work. Sometimes that team is aligned to the same vision, other times not, and a compromise has to be hashed out. > Their technical chops are probably best in the world. They were ground breaking, but up until recently they insisted on making their own version of everything. This was fine in the early 90s when there was no other option. But now there are better tools out there. Thats not to say that all their tools suck, far from it.